Register and change-returner.



L. T. MATHEWS. REGISTER AND CHANGE RETURNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1910.

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APPLOATION FILED APB.. 25, 1910.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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Wfl/mmm L. T. MATHBWS. REGISTER AND CHANGE RETURNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1910.

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REGISTER AND GHANGB RETURNBR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25,`1910.

L. T. MATHEWS.

REG1STER AND CHANGE RBTURNBR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1910.

1,052,494. Patented Feb.11,1913.

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L. T.' MATHBWS. REGISTER AND CHANGE RBTURNER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25..1910.l

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61H01 uma vand useful Improvements in Registers and section in Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the medianicalpp'erating de REGISTER AND CHANGE-RETU-RNR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

' Application ined April 25,1910. serialNo. 557,424.

To all whom t may con'cem Be it known that I, LOUIS T. MATHEWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented certain new is a specification.

My invention relates to a money operatf(` Change-Returners, of which the following ing machine, and the object is to provide a machine for the use of street cars, toll gates, shows, and any place where a fixed fare is collected for entrance or purchase, which will register accurately every fare which is deposited or pai'd in, and by which the exact change can be mechanically returned when a party has not the exact fare or price to `be deposited.

Another object is to provide a machine which will absolutelyv protect the owner against theft of money and which will prevent inaccuracies in making change, and which will save time in collecting fares and making change. If the attendant should fail to push the buttons or levers for registering properly the fares collected, provision is made by which the fares will be automatically registered accurately.

Another object is to provide a machine which can be mechanically or electrically operated.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description, and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure 1 is 'a erspective view of the machine, showing t e side which faces the attendant. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine, or the side which faces the customer. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the operating mechanism, showingin detail the mechanical devices for operating ,the machine. Figs. 3a and 3b are detail views of coin tills. Fig. 4 is a continuation lof Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa front elevation. of the mechanical devices for operating'the machine. Figs. 5?* and 5* are detail viewsof the'nickel registering mechanism..` Fig. 6 is a`continua tio-n 'of Fig. 5, the casing being shown in vices. Fig. 7a is a detail view of gearing shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the automatic registering devices. Fig. Si1 is a detail View of the'mechanism for preventing operation of the time element. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the devices shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a broken plan of the reciprocating rack-bar of the automatic reg-r istering devices. F ig. 11 is a bottom plan'` of the same. Fig. 12 is a diagrammatical view of electrical' devices for operating the machine, this View and the following views, including view 19, showing a variation in t-he means for operating the machine. Fig. 121` is a detail plan view o'f the actuator and its lock. Fig. 13 is a detail view of the devices for locking and unlocking the receiving chut-e. Fig. 14 is a detail view of the register actuating drums. Fig. 15 is a detail view of one of the wheels used in thel vseveral views.

The machine is provided with a casing l. Coin receiving chutes 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are provided. Trays 8, 9, 10 and 11 are for the customer land the change is mechanically placed in the trays. The chutes 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are respectii ely for the nickel, dime, quarter dollar, half dollar, and dollar. A registering mechanism is provided for eachA class of coins, that is, one mechanism registers all fares for each class oi" coins, but

vseparate mechanism is provided for making c ange for each different class of coins above the nickel in value. Automatic mechanismis provided forregistering fares if the attendant fails to register the fares where coins above the nickel invalue are placed in the machine. Provisions made in each coin receiving chute for registering one fare. An antifriction rol-ler 12 is journaled in fixed bearings in one Vside of eachchute. Another antifriction roller 135s mounted opposite the roller '12" inay lever 14 which is fulcruu'iedl in the chute. The lever 14 actuates a locking-actuator 15. rlhe lever 14 is '.tulcrumed on a pin vl and the' lever 14 has an elongated opening 17 for the pin 1,6. This is neces-r sary because the lever 14' is pivotally con-4 nected to the lactuator which is pivotally mounted on a pivot hole 18. A spring 31 ratchet Wheel 25.

.holds the actuator 15v and the lever 14' in normal positions, and will bring the actua- 'tor back to normaly position after each operation. l/Vhen a Coin 1s forced or pressed into the chute, .the lever 14 With its roller 13 WillV ,be iorced to the position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 5, 6 and 12. There is a Vregister 20 for each denomination of coins. l/V hen a com 'is inserted, the actuator 15 en.

gages an arm 21'on a vertically disposed .rocker shaft 22. The shaft 22 carries a lug or arm 23 which engages a hook 24 in a slot therein. The hook 24 moves thev ratchet Wheel 25 a step at a' time when actuated by the arm 23. A spring 25 Will force the hook 24 into position to engage a tooth of the The ratchet Wheel 25 drives a shaft 26. A spring 27 holds the hook 24 in engagement with the Wheel 25.

'already described and all chutes and regis ters are provided with similar mechanism for operating the same. ,llttention is called to the fact that each' of the chutes with its register and mechanism for operating the same will always operate to register one fare regardless. ot' the ,value of the coin. Each chute for coins of greater value than the nickel is provided with additional mecha# ni'sm3 as hereinafter explained, forv registering more than one vfare and making change.

lNhen a dime is inserted inV chute 4, one

vtare is registered in'the same manner as one fare was registered when a nickel was placed in chute 3, and registered by similar mechanism. lln addition to this operation, change must bereturned to the passenger if bnly one fare is lto be paid. The nickels are received in tills 32, the dimes in tills 33, the quarters in tills 34, and the .half dollars in tills 35. AThe nickels re'ach the several nickel tills by means of a chute cr race 36. The dimes reach the lseveraltills`33 by'a chute or race 37. The quarters reach the tills 34 by a .chute or racev 38, and the half dollars reach the tills 35 by chute or race 39. These various chutes or races run over the tops of the tillsl and drop in the tills until. they are full andthen to. and in the' nextjtill until it i full and so on until all the tills are full aud then fall in boxes for eachv denomination of coins separately. lVhen the diane is placed in chute 4, a nickel must be returnedto the assenoer it there is onl one assen er.

This is done by pushing a button 40 which operates a rod 41. The rod 41 carries a depending lug 42. A rocker shaft 43 carries an upstanding rigid lug 44 Which -is actuated by lug 42 and Which actuates a slide 45. This will eject a nickel from the till-32. lf a dime is placed in the chute 14 for two passen'gers.. one fare will be registered as above described and the attendant must push a button to register another fare. A button 46 is carried by a push rod 47 which carries ay lug 48. Lug 48 actuates a lug 49 which is rigid with rockershaft 50. This operation rocks the shaft 50. A lug 51 is rigid With shaft 50. When shaft 50 is rocked the lug 51 actuates the'bar 52. which has a rack 53 integral .'therewith. The rack 53- actuates'a gear Wheel 54. The wheel 54 by means of bevel gear Wheels 55 and 56 and shaft v57 operates the register 20, If the attendant als fails to push the button to register the secy ond fare, means are provided t'or automatically registering the second fare. The at* tendant might Want to appropriate the sec. ond fare for his own use. One of the objects of this invention is to prevent. the possibility of such theft. When a dime is inserted in chute 4 and pressed down between the rollers 12 and 13, the actuator 15 moves te the position of the dotted outline. This will push the guard 58 'out of engagement with the lock 59. The lock 59 is carried by an arm 60 which is rigid with a rocker shaft 61 which is jouin'aled in hangers 62. When the actuator reaches the position of the dotted outline, the lock 59 falls against the surface'of the actuator. See Figs 5 and 6, 7 and 8, and-12u. As soon as the Jfare is registeredv the actuator goes back to normal 4 position and the lock 59 falls into recess 63 in the actuator. This prevents any more coins being inserted in the coin receiving chute until the guard 58 has been replaced into normal position. Th'ev guard 58 is restored to normal position by.a compressie spring 58. lf change is te be returned tld the passenger, the attendant'pushes a button 46 and unlocks the actuator in the fol` lowing manner z-The rod 47 moves a lug64 which is rigid with a rocker shaft G5. This operates the lug 66 which is rigid With shaft 65.' A link bar 67 is pivotally connected to the lug 66 and lug 68. Thus aI push o'n rod 47 will release the actuator 15 by drawino' lock 59 out of the actuator. Guard 58 will hold 'lock 59 out of engagementwith the actuator,

sol that another coin may be inserted in the chute 4, the roller 13 -having come back'j to normal posit-ion as the actuator came-back te normal position. 'If .the attendant fails Losanna to push the button 40 when no change is to he returned and -thus fails to register all the 'ares paid for, the fares will be registered automatically by what may be called a time element. TVV hen the coin is inserted, the actuator kl moves the guard 58. rlhis allows lock 59 to allagainst the surface of the actuator l5 ready to fall. into recess 63 when actuatorl5 comes to normal position. rThis w operation at the same time rocks shaft 61 lit and thus operates the lug 69 which has a depending arm 70.

' y 7l indicates a clock or time mechanism.

Thearm 70 normally locks the time mech- VA`anism against movement by engaging a cog Wheel 70 of the time mechanism. Yvvhen ar coin is inserted, the last mentioned op- L' 1 1 D eiations are effected and .the aim a() releases the time mechanism which commences to This mechanism moves the rack 72 far enough to engage the raclr 53. For the dime chute the rack .72 is made just long venough to move the rack 53 to turn the- Wheel 54 enough to register one fare'. This latter mechanism is used only in case the attendant fails to register the correct fares. lf the attendantdoes register the cori-ect fares, the time mechanism operates, but does not register anything. The reason Sowhy the-time mechanism does not register in this case is because when the attendant 'pushes button 46, the shaft 65 is rocked.

Shaft carries an L-lug 73 Which carries a roller 74. When the attendant rocks the shaft-'65, the roller` 74 Will depress the rack 72 andthus out ofengagement with the time mechanism and a tension spring 7 5 Will bring the rack 72 back to normal position before the rack `can reach the Wheel 54 (which does the registering). At the same time the arm locks the time mechanism. Aispring 79 which is mounted in a socket 79 ,holds the rack 72 and restores rack 72 to normal position. The manner in which the chute is restored .to recelye a coin when y the attendant registers the fares is described abono. The time mechanism will restore the chute to operative condition in the following manner s-fter the time mechanism rcgisifersa fare as abovedescribed the rack 72 is drawn to normal position by the spring 7 5 and in going back to normal position engages a lug or hook 76 which is integrali' quarter, half, and dollar mechanism and need not be described in detail.

The Wheels 54 are ordinary cog wheels to be operated by ordinary racks. The shafts 80 are for operating the registers and must be turned in only one direction. The wheel 54 is loosely mounted on the shaft 8O and a ratchet Wheel 81 is rigid with the shaft 80 and a spring-pressed paWl 82 is mounted on the wheel 54 for locking the Wheel 54 to the shaft for driving purposes.

lf the attendant fails to operate the rack 53 to register fares, the time mechanism 71 will operate the rack 53 by means of the rack 72. As soon as a coin is placed in a chute, the time element commences to operate. lf the attendant registers properly he throws the rack 72 out of engagement with the time mechanism by means of the roller 74, and the time element will not operate longer. Means are provided for shifting the rack 72 into and out of engagement with the rack 53. preaches the rack 53, a spring S3 which is attached to a lug 83 projecting from the casing l Willv press on vthe side of the rack` 72 to shift the same as shown in Fig. l0. ln addition to this spring, the rack 72 has a race or groove 84 in the lower side and a pin 85 projects into the race 84. The pin 85 rests on the spring 79 and presses in thc groove 84 in the bottom of rack 72. By reason of this groove and the pin 85 the rack will change to `the position of the dotted outline, as shown iii-Fig. l0. When the rack performs its function by pullingl the rack 53 the required distance, a spring 8S which is attached to a lug 86 projecting Y from the casing l will force the rack`72 back to its normal position out of engagement with rack 53 and in enga-gement with the time mechanism by pressing on the side ot' the rack 72 and causing the rack to move over pin 85 which follows groove 84. The teeth on the rack 72 do not extend entirely across the bar. For this reason the rack 72 will pass back to normal position with.- out engaging the time mechanism. The spring 75 pulls both racks 72 and 53 for registering purposes. A spring 87 Will restore the rack 53 to its normal position, the Wheel 54 turning loosely on shaft 80 while the rack 53 is moving back to normal position.

For convenience in locating the connection of each push rod with 'the shaft which it operates, the connectionis indircated in solid black at the crossing'oi the push rod and the rocker shaft in Figs. 3 and e. Lugs similar to lug-49 are rigid Wi' Ih 'the Stans se. 95. 9a; ici. ica un., 105, no,

H3, 113, 120, and 121.1 Vi/'hen a dime is inserted to pay one fare, one fare is registered auto. matic-aily, as heretofore explained. The' operator pushes button /lG to roclrshaft 43 to As the rack 72 apgive back a nickel in change. At the same time the rod 11 operates shaft 65 to unlock the actuator so that another coin can he inserted in the chute L1. lf a dime is put in to pay twoV fares, one fare is registered automatically, and the operator pushes hutton L16`to operate shaft 50 to registeren.- otherl fare and at t-he same time operates shaft 65 to unlock actuator 15, .1f a quarter is placed in chute 5 to pay one. fare, push button 90' to operate shaft 88 to dis-` charge two dimes from t-ill 33 for change.

At thelsame time rod 89 operates shaft 05 to unlock the 'actuator 15. `When two dimes are to he 4given in change, a slide 91 ejects one dime and actuates the slide 45 to eject a second dime. The4 slides 115 and 91 are restored to normal positions by springs'92.

If. a quarter is placed in chute to pav two fares, pushdautton 9e to operate shaft 5,0110

register another fare, one fare being registered automatically, andto operate' shaft 95 to ejectI a nickel and shaft 96 to eject a dime. 'At the same timeshaft G5 is operated to i lunlock the actuator 15. If three fares are to he paid, push button 97 to operate shaft 50 to register two more fares and to operate shaft 96 to give a Idime in change and operates shaft 65 to unlock actuator 15. If

four fares are 'to he paid, push button 98 to operate shaft to register three fares land to operate shaft 95 to give a nickel in change and to operate shaft 65 13o-unlock actuator 15. 1f five 'fares are to be paid,

push hutto'n 99 to operate shaft 50 to reg.

ister four fares and to operate. shaft 65.to unlock actuator 15. Springs 240 bring the push buttons hack to normal posi-tions. The

lugs 49 which are carried by the rockerA sha'ft50 must beset at different angles for 'the quarter, half, and dollar series, because the shaft 50 will have to be turned more fol` registermg a greater number of fares, lThe lugs 49 must be set at different positions vaxialljuon the shaft 50. Ifa half dollar is placed in thechute 6 to pay one fare, push button 100 to operate shaft 101 to ejecta quarter 102 to eject two dimes from till 33. 'At the same time the shaft 65 is operatedlto Aunlock the actuator 15. To pay two'fares, push hut-ton 103 to operate shaft 50 to' register one fare,`shaf t 101 to eject a quarter from till 34,'shaft 104 to eject a'dime from till 33,

shaft 105 to eject a nickel 4from till-32, and shaft 165 to unlock actuator 15.'5A '.Io pay three fares, push button 106 to operate shaft 50 to register tw'o fares, shaft 101 to eject a quarter, shaft 104 to eject a dimaand shaft to unlock actuator. fa1 s, push button 107 to oprate shaft 50 to register three fares, shaft 101 to eject a quarter from till 34, shaft 105 to eject a nickel, and shaft 65 to unlock actuator 15.

To pay live fares, push hutton108 15o-operate.

shaft 65 to unlock actuator.

fares,vpush button 112 to operate shaft 50 from till 311 and to operate shaft` To pay four shaft 50 to` registerl four fares, shaft 101 to eject a quarter, and'shaft .05 to unlock actuator 15. ATo pay six fares, ,push button 109 to operate shaft 50 to register tive fares, shaft 102 to eject two dimes, to unlock actuator 15. To pay*` seven fares, push button 110 to operate shaft 50 to reg.n ister six faresmshaft- 104 to eject a dime, shaft 105 .to eject a nickel, and shaft 05 to unlock actuator. To pay eight fares, push button 111 to operate shaft 50 to register.

seven fares, shaft 1011 to eject a dime, and To pay nine to regista eight fares, shaft 105 to eject a nickel, a d shaft @5to unlock actuator. To pay ten fares, push button 113 to operhte shaft 50 to register nine fares and shaft' 05 to unlock actuator 15.

The dollar mechanism shown in Fig. Lt, which isa continuation of Fig. 3. 1f a dol` lar is inserted in chute 74to pay one fare, push button 114,"as one fare is registered automatically by the insertion of the coin, no. registerin is to be effected by the rod 115. When t erhutton 114.- is pushed shaft 110 is operated to eject' a half dollar from -till 35, shaft 118l to eject a quarter from till 34, and shaft 119 to eject two dimes from till 33, and shaft 65 is operated to unlock the actuator 15. '1t must he .remembered that whenever a coin is inserted in a chute, the time element 71 is started or thrown into loperation and would register fares, hut-` that'when the attendant pushes the button,

hestopsthe operation of the time-element. If two fares are to he paid, push button 117 to operate shaft 50 to register one more` fare, to operate shaft 110 to give in change a half dollar from till 35, shaft 118 ,to eject a quarter'from till 34, shaft 120 tov ejecta dimefrom till 33, and shaft 121 to eject a nickel'from 'till 32, and shaft G5 is operated to unlock the actuator 15. fares are to he paid, push button 122 to operate'shaft 50 to register two .more fares, shaft 116 vto eject a half dollar, shaft 118 to eject a quarter, shaft 120 to eject a dime,A

and shaft 65 to hnlock the actuator 15. iIt 'four fares are to paid, push hutton-123 Vto operate shaft 50 to register three morefares, .shaft 116 4to eject avhalf'dollar, shaft 118 to caia;-y 50' to 1 :er sirM more to' operate and shaft 65 eov If three fares, shaft 116 to eject a half dollar, shaft 120 to eject a dime, shaft 121 to eject a nickel, and'shaft 65 to unlock the actuator 15. Ifeight fares are to be paid, push button 127 to operate shaft 50 toregister. seven more fares, shaft 116 to eject a half dollar. shaft 120 to eject a dime, and shaft 65 to unlock the actuator 15. If nine fares are to be paid, push button 128 to operate shaft 50 to register eight fares, sl1aft116 to eject a half dollar, shaft 121 to eject a nickel, and

shaft to unlock actuator 15. If ten fares are to be paid, push button 129 to operate shaft 50 to register nine fares, shaft 116 to eject a half dollar, and shaft 65 to unlock actuator 15. If eleven fares are to be paid, push but-ton 130 to operate shaft 50 to register ten fares, shaft 118 to eject a quarter, shaft 119 to eject two dimes, and shaft 65 to unlock actuator 15. 1f twelve fares are to be paid, push button 131. This will operate the same as button 117 except shaft 116. Button 132 will operate the same as button 122 except shaft 116. Button 133 will operate the same as button 1.23 except shaft 116. Button 134 will operate the same as button 124 except shaft-116'. Button 135 will operate the same as button 125- except shaft 116. Button 136 will operate the same as button 126 except shaft 116. Button 137 will operate the same as button 127 except shaft 116. Button 138 will operate the same as button 128 except shaft 116. Button 1 39 will operate the shaft 50 to register nineteen fares. The buttons from 130 up to and including` butto-n 139 register one more fare than theprevious button.

The above description relates tc the mechanical devices for registering fares, returning change, and for preventing fraud. The same functions can be performed by electrical devices in part, that is, certain of the above described mechanical devices can be actuated by electrical devices. The ele.-

trical devices are shown as variations irl" Figs. 12 to 19 inclusive. Coins are to be inserted in the chute as before and the coins actuate .the actuator 15 in the same way. Whena coin is inserted, the actuator 15 is moved to the dotted outline position. This closes the contacts 140 of the circuit includ'- ing wires 141 Which bridge to wires-142 and 1,43 and sends animpulse to registration coil '144. Coil 144 is energized by wires 4145 and 142 which lead respectively from bus bars v147v and 148. This will pull down the arma-- ture 149 and actuate the wheel 156 to register a fare. After' the farcis. rev istered a spring 151 restores the armature 1 9 to normal position. A spring 188 'restores armature- 153 to normal position... At'the same time `the ccntacts152are closed `by the armature 153 whichv has 4been moved by the actuator 15. By the closure of the contacts is ,in circuit with the bus bars 148 and 149 by means ofthe wire 155, wire 156,. coil 157, armature 158, contact 159, and wire 160 to positive bus bar 148 on one sideand by Wire 161, contact 162, wire 163, cont-act 164, and serially through any number of button contacts, then to wire 165, to serial contact 166, and wire 167 vto positive bus bar 148. This is feasible because the wire 168 is connected to the negative bus bar 147 and .feeds to one of the contacts 152. This starts the time element to operating. The time element con.- sists of the Wheels 169 and 170, pinion. 171, spring 172 for driving the wheel 170, rack 173 driven by wheel 169, sector 174 driven by rack 173, contact 175, and the make. and break contacting devices 176 and 177 for energizing registration coil 144. The 'meerm tion of a coin always starts the. time element to operating bymeans of the circuits just described and the time element would re ister fares unless interrupted as hereina er explained. When the coil 157 is energized as above described, armature 158 is drawn to the coil 1.57 and moves the wheel 170= one tooth forward, and this action breaks the Contact at 159. A spring 178 will immediately force the dog (which is pivotally connected to the armature 158) to the next tooth of the wheel 170 and the armature will fall back to contact 159. The coil 157 will be immediately renergized and draw the ar- Ytact 152. The object in turning wheel 170 is to bring the'spring 17 2 to tension. When the sector 174 breaks the movable contact 1175, the sector will also throw the dog 179 out of engagement Awith wheel 170 (the coil .157 having been denergized simultaneously with the denergizing of coil 15.4) by means Tof an arm 180 which throwsa pivoted dog y181' against the feed dog 179. Vihcn this takes Place the impulse rsender 17 6 1s 1n position to commence sending impulses to the register coil 144. The impulse sender 17 6 iscarred by the rack 173. Fig. 18 shows the device 17 6. in position to commence sending impulses. The bar-176 carries a roller brush'182 whichruns ina groove 183m the block of insulation177 which carries a series A of contacts 184 connected together bya rod or wire 185. The contacts 184 represent the vfares tov be registered. These contacts vary on diiferent blocks 177 according. to thenumber of fares to be registered. The impulse sender 176 is. pivotally connected to the rack 173 and springs186 attached tothe rack 173 bear against. the sides of the. bar 176 and cause ,this bar` to follow theA groove 183. The block 177 has' a raised ellipticalportion 187 and the lblock is setl at ,angle to the bar izo 152 the coil154 is'energized, The coil 176 sothat the roller. brush 182`w1l. follows 13g When the spring 172has been brought to 5shovvs the bar 176 in position to start toto the coil. 144'andthus the Ifares Will be thus described Will never operate because a proper ment. The time elements Will register Want to extract a1 coin Without registering out the coin; There should be some kind of not have immediate .access to the'coin tills way to th'e tills.

a coin is placed in the .chute 3, the attend l chute to pay one fare. One fare 1s regis disk 190 of insulaion carries contacts 191.

thel groove and i the raised portion 187. tension as above described, it will drive the f Wheel 170 and thus drive rack 173. Fig. 18 Ward the contacts 1811..v As the brush 182 passes these contacts impulses will be sent registered. If the attendant does his duty the time element pushing of the buttons hereinafter described will prevent the operation of the time elethe fares automatically if the attendant fails to register the fares. The attendant might the same. He could Wait until he reached `or neared the end .of his beat land then take a partition coin receptacles so that they attendant canso'that the time element would register the 25 fares before he can go around and make his Provision is made for the attendant to register the fares and givechahge. When ant can push a button 189 VJiare'if more than enough was putin the ltered automatically as before described. A Each disk carries a different number of contact makers 191. These vary according to the Avalue .of the coin and the change to vbe returned. A pinion 192 is rigid with the disk 190 and both are loosely mounted on the shaft, an ordinary ratchet Wheel and pavvl, such as ratchet Wheel 81 and pavvl 82 shown in Fig. 8,n being used to lock the pinion and disk to the shaft for a forward drive.v A brush contact 193 is bear against the periphery of the disk 190; A bar 1911 is attached to a post ries a contact brush against the side ofthe disk 190. A-Wire 196 connects brush 193 with the Wirele2 and a Wire 197 connects the `bar 1911 :with Wire 148. Bell crank le- Vvers 198 are fulcrumed on a post 200 and pvotally connected With a depressible bar 199 which rests in a dash-pot 201. The bar 199 is pivotally connectedv to* aA bell crank lever 202, 'the short arm of Which rests against the dog 179. The insertion of a coin closes the contacts and-starts the time i element to operating as before described. If more fares are to be registered 'the attendant pushes on the button 189. rlrhis will operate the rack..203 and pinion 192 and close a circuit through brush 193 and bar 194 with wires vregister .by sending the proper number of 35;' imp lsesgi dicated by the contacts on the the' time element to operate.

15 is unlocked by meansvr Then the coin 1s nr 'of the dotted outline.

between the attendant'and thel to register the' .which draws the lock 59 yl5 so that the actuator mounted to l 195 and carto the negative 196 and 197 to operate the armature 229.

gousses the dog 179 'out of engagement with thethe time ele-,

Wheel 170. rlhis will prevent ment from operating as before described, as this breaks the circuit which is causing At the same timethe actuator of a different circuit. sorted, the actuator is moved to the position When the actuator goes back to normal position, the lock 59 falls into the opening in the actuator' and.

thus locks the chute so that no other coin can be placed in the chute until the actuator is unlocked. The actuator is vunlocked by means of a coil 205 which is provided Vwit an armature 206. The coil 205 connected with the negative bus bar 147 by a Wire 207 and connected With the contact 209 by a Wire 208. See Figs. 12, l2A and 13. The cooperating movable Contact 210 is connected to the negative. bus bar 148 by a wire 211. Then thelbutton is pushedl the roller 212 closes the circuit by pressing Contact 210 against contact 209 and energizes coil 205 will move when a coin is inserted. A spring 218 Will restore the button 189 to normal position and thus denergize the coil 205 and a spring 214,- Will restore armature 206 to normal posiout of the actuator tion. A guard y58 holds the lock 59- out of the actuator 15 4and the guard is brought. under or between the armature 206 and the actuator 15 by a spring 215 when the coil 205v draws the lock 59 out of the actuator. The time element Will unlock the actuator in the Asame manner. When the rack 173 reaches its limit it. Will close 216 which are connected to thewire 208 by a' wire 217 and to the ypositive bus Wire 148 by a Wire 218. f

'Means are provided for returning change. The push rods 219 carry positive and negative contacts. A contact 220 is connected t bus Wire by a xvire 221. A. contact 222 is connected to the positive bus wire 14:7 by'a Wire 223. The push rods '189 carry-negative contacts 224 on one side and these 'contact-s 224 are connected to one pole of a coil 225 by a Wire 220 and the positive contacts are connected to the other pole of coil 225 by a Wire y227. When the buttons are pushed the connections through the rollers.228 in the manner shown in Figs. 16 and 17. When a contact is made or the circuit is closed the coil 225 draws the armature 229 and ejects a coin 230 which is lying on. the arm 231 carried by the A spring controlled guard normally prevents a coin from falling from the contacts y its are made nossfiee t? the till. As soon as the coil 225 is deenergized, a spring 232 draws the armature 'back to normal position. The spring 213 forces the button back to normal position and breaks the circuit. The contacts are made in the push rods.

-Fig 16 shows a complete diagrammatic view of one button of each series of the change making circuits. Fig. 17 illustrates the manner of making connection oiE one button of each series. Metal contacts 233 are set in the body portion ot' the push rod which is compose@L of insulation on the exterior. Two wires or. bars 235 run through the push rod and the metalcontacts 233 are all connected with the wires 235. Two series of yContact brushes 236 are arranged, one on each side of a push rod 189. rhe brushes are stationary and rest against the surface of the push rod. When the push rod is being pushed the brushes come in contact with the metal contacts 233 before the push rod reaches its limit. lust before the i push rod reaches its limit and after Contact of brushes has been made with contacts 233 the rollers 228 come in Contact with the cortact makers `220 and 222, which are permanently connected to the bus bars le? and 148, the rollers being electrically connected wit-h the Wires or rods 235. This closes the circuits. This completes a description of the operation of one push button, including t-he registering of fares, the changing ot" money, andthe operation and non-operation of the time element. When a nickel is placed in the nickel chute, it simply registers onek fare automatically. No push button, no locking element` and unlocking element, no time element, and no change making element are necessary. A separateohute is ,provided for each denomination of coins,

that is, a chute for the nickel, a chute for the dime, a chute for the quarter, a chute for the half, and a chute for the dollar.l A. series of push buttons is provided tor each chute and se arate change making devices, registering ovices, and circuits vare'proe vided for each button, except the lest button (in aseries) which/has no change making devices and the .first button (in a series) ydoesnot register anyfare. There isachange .lmaking'tillfor each denomination in each I --no change making till.

series except inthe dollar series which hes t is apparent that it vwould not be 'a departure-troni my invention to provide a series for higher de nominations inwhich dollars would be returned as change.

Fig. 16 shows a diagram oi' the change making circuits for each series. cates a serie'sof dime' bttons. A dime has been put in .tmpay one fare. @ne fare is automatcallyY registered and* button No. l

has been pushed, to give a nickel in change.

:If two fares were to be paid, button No. 2-

189 indiwould register one fare and give back no change. in this series there would be no disk 180 forA button No. 1, but there would be a disk 190 with one cont-aot`191 for button No. 2. 237 indicates a series of quarter butto-ns. Push button No. 1 to give tvo dimes in change lout not to register. Push button No. 2 to give one nickel and one dime in changeand toA register one tare.

change and to register two fares. Pushbutton No. 1l to give a nickel in change and to register three fares. Push button No. 5 to give no change but to register four fares. 238 indicates the series of half dollar buttons. Push button No. l to give two dimes and one quarter in change and to register nothing. Push button No. 2 to give one nickel', one dime, and a quarter in change and to register one fare. Push button No. 3 to give one dime andone quarter in change and to register two fares. Push button No. e to give one nickel and one quarter in change and to register three fares. hutten No. 5 to g'ive one quarter in change and tcregister four fares. ush button No. 6 togive two dimesin change and to register tive fares. Push button No. 7 to give one nickel and one'diihe in change and to register sin fares. l-ush button No. S to give one dime in change and to register seven fares. Push button No. 9 to give one nickel in` change and to register eight fares. Push button No. 10 `to give no change but to register nine fares. '239 indicates the dollar series of buttons. lPush button No. 1 toV give 'a halt, a quarter, and two dimes in vchange end to register nothing. Push hutton No. 2 to give one halt, one quarter. one dirne, andV one nickel in change and to register one fare. lPush button No. 3 to give one half, one quarter,-and one dime in change and to register. two fares. Push butto-n No. Ll to give one half, one quarter, and one nickel in change and to regist-ec three fares. `Push button No. 5 to give one half and one fiiiarter in change and to register four fai/ds. Push 1outton No. 6 to give one haltand two dimes in change and to register ve fares. lush button No. 7 to give one half, one dirne, and one nickel in change and to register six fares. Push hut- 'ton No. 8 to give a haltn and a .dime in change and to register seven fares. Push button No. 9 to give one half and'one nickel in change and to register eight fares. lush buttonlilo. 10 to give one lia-li' in change and to register nine lfares. Push button llo.11 to give one quarter andtwo dimes in change land'to register 'ten fares. Push buttony No) 12 to give one quarter, one dime7 and one nickel in change and to register-eleven fares. Push lbutton No. 13 to give one quarter and fares,Y 'Push button No. le to give one quar- Push button No. 3 to giveone dime in PushA one dime in change and to register twelve 1 so chute, means operatively connected with the ter and one nickel in change and to register thirteen fares. Fush button N 0. 15 to give one quarter-and to register fourteen fares. Push button No. 16 togive two dimes in change and -button No. 7 to give one dime and one nickel in change and to. register sixteen fares.. Push button No. 18 to give one dime in change and to register, seventeen fares. lo Push button No, 19 to give one nickel in change and ,to registereighteenl fares. Push button No. 2() to give'iio ,change but to register nineteentfares.

Each register except the nickel register is provided with series of push buttons and a series of change holding tills and these elements alreindependently operative so that an attendant can register the fares and make change for the several peopleA withouthav- 20 ing to wait foreach person to takeup the change.

it is apparent that much and accu acy secured Iand with this machine.

time can be saved what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters LP'atent, is,-

1. A register and chine comprising a register,

change returning' maa receiving said receiving chute and with said'register for automatic operation of said'register, a series of push buttons for further operation of said register, and means operatively connected with'said chute and with said register for ,operation of said register when Ithe operator fails to register the fares;

i2. A register and` change returning ma chine comprising a register, a receiving 40 chute,l means operatively connected with nsaidreceiving chute and with said register for automatic operation of said register, and a timing element operatively connected with said chute and with said register for further automatic operation of said register. l 3. A registering and change returning ma chine comprising a register, a 'receiving chute, means operatively connected with said receiving chute and with said registei'for automatic operation of said. register, a series of push buttons, a series of coin ejecting tills, means connecting saidV push buttons with said'registrr and means connecting said but-- tons with said t-ills whereby said register is operated and whereby change is delivered simultaneously with the operation of said register'.

K e. A registering and change returning machine comprising chute. having a movable member, an actuator operatively connected with said chute, means automatically locking the actuator after insertion of a coin, means operatively connected with said register and.n with said 55 actuator for automatic operation of said regto register fifteen fares. ush,

fraud prevented Having fully described my invention,

a register', a receiving buttons, and means ister, a series of push said actuator with operatively connecting unlock said actuator whereby the movable member of said chute is restored to normal position to receive another coin.

5. A. registering and change returning machine comprising a register, a receiving chute, an 'actuator operatively connected with said chute, means automatically locking the actuator after insertion. of a coin, means operatively connected with'said register and with said actuator operation of said register, a series of push buttons operatively connected with said register for further operation of said register and operatively connected with said actuator for unlocking the same.

6. A registering and changereturning machine comprising a register, a receiving cliutehaving a movable member, an actuator operatively connected with said chute, means operatively connected with said register and with said actuator for automatic operation of said register, and a time element operatively connected wit-h said actuator for unlocking the same whereby theV -movable member of said chute is restored to normal position to receive another coin.

-7. A registering and change making machine comprising a register, a receiving chute, an actuator .operatively connected with said chute, means automatically locking the actuator after insertion of a coin, meansX operatively connected with said register and with said actuator for automat-ic operation of said register, a time'cleinent operativcly connected wi h said register for further operation of said register, and means operatively connecting said time element with said actuator for unlocking the same.

8. A registering and change making machine comprising a register, receiving chute, 'an actuator, means for locking the actuator to prevent insertion of a second coin before the first coin is disposed of, a series of push buttons operatively connected with said register for operating the same and operatively 'connected with said actuator for unlocking the'samc. y

9. A registering and' change making machine comprising a register, a receiving chute, an actuator operatively connected with said chute, means for locking the actuator to prevent insertion of a second coin before the first coin is disposed of, a time element operatively connected with said reg# ister for operating the same, and'meaus operatively connect-ing said time elenientwith said actuator for unlocking the same.

10. A registering and change making machinel comprising a "registers, a receiving chute, an actuator operatively 4connected with said chute, means for locking the actuator to prevent insertion of a second coin said push buttons whereby said push buttons for automatic before the first coin is disposed of, means operatively connecting saidactuator with said register for automatic operation of the register, a series of push butt-ons operatively connected with said register for further operation of said register, and a time element operatively connected with said register for operating the same if the said push buttons are not operated. l p

11. A registering and change making machine comprising a register, a receiving chute, an actuator operatively connected with said chute, means operatively connecting said actuator with saidregister for automatic operation of the same, a series of push buttons operatively connected with said register for further operation of the same, and a time element operatively connected with said register for operating the same if said push buttons are not operated.

12. A registering and change making machine comprising a register, a receiving chute, an actuator for transmitting the motion of the coin to the registering mechanism and for locking the chute against the reception of another coin until the registering operation is complete, means for locking the actuator to prevent insertion of a second coin before the first coin is registered,

means for holding said actuator unlocked,

and a series of push buttons operatively connected with said register for operating the same and operatively connected with said actuator for unlocking the same.

13. A registering and change making machine comprising a register, a receiving chute, an actuator operatively connected with said chute, means operatively connecting said actuator with said register for automatic operation of the same, means for locking said actuator to prevent a second coin from being inserted before the first coin is disposed of, a series of push buttons operatively connected with said register for further operation of the same and operatively connected with said actuator locking means for unlocking the same, and means for holding said actuator unlocked.

14;. A registering and change making machine comprising a register, a receiving chute, an actuator operatively connected with said chute and With said register for f automatic operation of said register, a series of coin holding tills, and a series of push` buttons operatively connected with said register for further operation of the same and operatively connected with said actuator and with said tills whereby said actuator is unlocked'and change ejected from said tills simultaneously with the operation of said register.

A registering and change making machine comprising a. series of coin receiving chutes, a series of registers, a register with each chute), operative means connecting each chute with its register for automatic operation of the register, a series of independently operative push buttons for further onerat-ion of each`register, a series of coin holding t-ills corresponding to each chute, and means connecting said push buttons with said tills whereby change is ejected from said tills simultaneously with the operation of said registers by said push buttons.

16. A registering and change making machine comprising a series of coin chutes for coins of diierent denominations, a series of registers, means operatively connecting each chute with its corresponding register for automat-ic operation of the register, a series of independently operative push buttons for each chute, each button being operatively connected with a register for further operation of the register, and a time element operatively connected With each chute and with the corresponding register whereby the register will be further automatically operated if said push buttons are not operated.

17. A registering and change making machine comprising a series of coin receiving chutes for coins of different denominations, a. series of registers, means operatively connecting each chute with its corresponding register for automatic operation of the register, a series of coin holding tills with each chute, a series of independently operative buttons operatively connected witheach register for further'operation of the register and operatively connected with the corresponding coin holding tills for ejecting change, simultaneously ejecting change with the operation of the register, a time element operatively connected with ea-.fh register for further operation of the register if the push buttons are not operated, and means connecting said butto-ns with said time element whereby said buttons prevent the operation of the time element.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand in the presence of two witnesses, this 21st day of April, 1910.

LOUIS T. MATHEWS. Witnesses:

A. L. JACKSON, JESSE F. L. SLAcK.

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